Anyone know how to get separate audio tracks on a DVD? I have read the help files, but can't seem to fully understand it. I assigned the tracks, but evidently it is merging the two. After burning, the final disc has no way to select the separate files.
Hi
I suspect you are missing a step in the creation process - see this quick example
HTH
John EB
thnx, i will take a look
I am trying to create a DVD with original audio and 1 alternate commentary audio track. The settings look some simple, but they are confusing me to no end. On one DVD audio selection, I only want the original movie audio. On the alternate track, I want the commentary to play ALONG WITH the original audio. How do I set this up? On the preview mode of the DVD screen it is playing ONE or the OTHER, but not the configuration I am trying to achieve.
1) Should I separate (ungroup) the movie (video) from its audio and place each on a different track? And then assign the audio to a DVD audio track all it's own? Or doesn't it matter?
2) What is the best way to achieve what I am trying to do?
Thnx in advance.
Hi
. . . . What is the best way to achieve what I am trying to do? . . . .
You need to fool VPX that there are 2 audio tracks in addition to the original sound track, do this as shown below otherwise you will not be able to switch off the commentary without ejecting the disc.
Note:
Added: use right click, Set Volume, Sound off to mute the dummy audio track not the track mute button
HTH
John EB
Thanks! I will give it a try. :-)
It looked like it was working, and I thought it might have solved my other problem (see my other post on error encoding messages)... but 8-10 minutes in it couldn't get it done. (Ug! On my other problem!) But this seemed to fix my audio problem.
Two questions for Magix... why would a user need to fool their program? Re: "You need to fool VPX that there are 2 audio tracks in addition to the original soundtrack"
And if so, why wouldn't they just include the correct way to address the DVD audio track issue in their help files or manual?
I spent hours and hours trying to figure it out what you showed me in just a few minutes. Thank you John! :-)
I will post again if I get the other enoding problem fixed and ever actually get to verify the program worked as promised and actually burned a DVD with separate selectable audio tracks.
The idea of the feature is to allow for different language tracks, or, if you wish, different audio tracks plus audio common to all. You came up with a new combination that obviously hadn't been thought of, having no additional audio track and having it play back alone, or having the common one play plus just one other audio track, with the end user select which audio track. John EB came up with one way to do. The other way, without "fooling" the program, is to simply mixdown the original audio, with the commentary muted, duplicate the mixdown onto another track, and define one of the mixdown tracks as Audio 1, and the commentary track as Audio 2; unmute the commentary track before going to the DVD interface. That would be the correct way. Of course, the background audio would be duplicated so you can simply turn the volume of Audio 1 down to off, which is what John EB said to do anyway.
It is not a program designer's responsibility to come up with every combination and permutation as to how the features of their programs could be used. This should be obvious to you.
John CB